04-17-2009, 02:49 AM
I think the irony of my musings has been lost.
I posted my statement with my Dell mini...in Florida while on vacation. I think that Apple should quietly allow this type of behavior, as I bought a new OSX 10.5 to install on this dell mini. Even with that additional purchase, it was far less than what a used macbook would have cost me. The fact that I type with a smaller keyboard has its downsides...the real trouble is that I tend to swipe the mousepad with my thumb as I hit the space bar leading to spelling mistakes.
What was trying to get folks to agree with is that buying an OS for $100 is better than someone buying a used mac from Apple's perspective. I think that anyone who needs to be on the bleeding edge will always get a new computer and recouping the loss is only a by-product of some need (i.e. professional photoshopper who needs the absolutely fastest computer).
I posted my statement with my Dell mini...in Florida while on vacation. I think that Apple should quietly allow this type of behavior, as I bought a new OSX 10.5 to install on this dell mini. Even with that additional purchase, it was far less than what a used macbook would have cost me. The fact that I type with a smaller keyboard has its downsides...the real trouble is that I tend to swipe the mousepad with my thumb as I hit the space bar leading to spelling mistakes.
What was trying to get folks to agree with is that buying an OS for $100 is better than someone buying a used mac from Apple's perspective. I think that anyone who needs to be on the bleeding edge will always get a new computer and recouping the loss is only a by-product of some need (i.e. professional photoshopper who needs the absolutely fastest computer).